Financial intelligence authorities are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend: cases of sextortion targeting young people are spiking hard. Scammers are weaponizing compromising content to shake down victims for crypto and cash. The agency's report shows these attacks are becoming more sophisticated, with perpetrators often using social engineering tactics to build trust before launching their demands. If you're active in online communities or have younger folks in your circle, this is a serious heads-up worth sharing.
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Anon32942
· 11-30 05:53
Ngl, things like this are really getting more intense nowadays; quite a few kids around me have almost been scammed.
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OldLeekConfession
· 11-30 05:53
This thing is really amazing, kids need to be very careful.
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BrokenDAO
· 11-30 05:49
In simple terms, this trap of social engineering is essentially an extreme distortion of trust costs. The scammers are constructing false incentive mechanisms to lure in victims, which is quite similar to the logic of certain governance experiments... it's just that here they are using human weaknesses instead of Token incentives.
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OptionWhisperer
· 11-30 05:48
ngl this kind of thing is really rampant, my fren's kid almost got caught... need to be more vigilant
Financial intelligence authorities are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend: cases of sextortion targeting young people are spiking hard. Scammers are weaponizing compromising content to shake down victims for crypto and cash. The agency's report shows these attacks are becoming more sophisticated, with perpetrators often using social engineering tactics to build trust before launching their demands. If you're active in online communities or have younger folks in your circle, this is a serious heads-up worth sharing.